tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550222691875074441.post8472057317498802285..comments2018-03-15T21:05:11.821-06:00Comments on A Teacher's View: Is It the Kids? Or their Parents? Both? Neither?mmazenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550222691875074441.post-87873144903906082972017-05-25T12:11:11.372-06:002017-05-25T12:11:11.372-06:00C. Marie, thanks for you comments. There is much i...C. Marie, thanks for you comments. There is much insight in your words. I guess the important point is simply asking the question and reflecting on the issue.mmazenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550222691875074441.post-42756744720397551832017-05-24T18:14:16.466-06:002017-05-24T18:14:16.466-06:00I recently started reading &quot;Misreading Mascul...I recently started reading &quot;Misreading Masculinity&quot; by Thomas Newkirk, and he expressed something that rang true to me: &quot;To live in a crisis is to live in a special time, a critical moment in history, one that gratifies a desire to see ourselves as unique&quot;(8). I love this quote because I think it captures exactly what you express here. I think, specifically in education, we enjoy pointing out that the next generation will fail &#39;us&#39; in some way or is currently failing us or that the generations before were better. <br /><br />I teach in the school I attended as a 13 year old kid, and the teacher I had for my &#39;high level&#39; English class would always say, &quot;The kids in the program now are not like they were when you were here.&quot; I really did not understand what she meant by this because I taught the &#39;high level&#39; students with her, and I also held onto my reading and writing notebook from Middle School and there was NO WAY that I was doing the same kind of writing and thinking that the students I am currently teaching are doing. It is not comparable. It is to the point where I flash around my notebook to let them know that I help onto my educational record, but there is no way I would pass it around as a mentor of what I would like to see from them. <br /><br />So - to respond to some of your thinking, I do not think that any one generation is in crisis. I just think that each is different and there will always be fear surrounding how those differences will play out. c.mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153137159533006004noreply@blogger.com